QUOTE(MyHobby @ Feb 18 2020, 03:29 PM)
My interest is more to:
- what more we can do with what we already have
- tasting the same coffee shot of coffee and share opinions
- maybe someone can share that brewing it up to say 35s may taste nicer for a particular beans, or do you flush before brewing as temp may be too high? Maybe they are some standard answers already but someone telling you his real experience or the few get together trying it out will be a good experience, right?
- learning from each others from people's machine, like when I do it from your machine when the way I usually brew mine, I may learn or that may inspire something... Can be simple thing like 58mm tamper against 58.35mm. It doesn't change the taste but maybe the convenience and how clean it will turn out
- mostly people would recommend something that they have used and familiar with. The rule of thumb is usually the more expensive the better the product. I watch this youtube of this Gail of Seattle Coffee Gear, which she compared espresso makers that cost $300 and $3000. Yes, there's difference but if the taste is not so significantly different then the price x taste is something that worth to consider. Most important of all, if the person who's drinking it can't tell the difference between the 2, then that investment may be not necessary.
- meeting each other will promote the interest to want to explore and a motivation to improve in order to make ourselves a better coffee. I do from time to time observe the way cafe's baristas brew coffee. How they froth the milk and how many time people served you a cappuccino when you ordered a latte?
That's the basic of it.
1. Taste is very subjective. Some people have sharpen sense and some not.
2. Brewing time, water yield, courseness and everything does have impact on the coffee. But we could hardly taste the differences
3. I'm testing on this, waiting for my OPV and IMS shower screen + basket to arrive. So I could reduce my brew pressure from 15bar to 9bar and water distribution to see how much does it impact the coffee's taste. Not sure how much does tamper size would affect the taste, I would say the tamper skill.
4. For the 300$ vs 3000$ machine, there's definitely differences. But it's people to people, if you like your espresso good enough. Yes they are, but about the taste notes outcome might be differ
5. When it comes to espresso it's all about grind size, tampering, brewing pressure, water quality, water temperature and good channeling.
I would say able to brew a cup of very good specialty coffee is more interesting.
Invite me when you have gesha beans. hahaha I would definitely come over and share my experience
Feb 4 2020, 10:32 PM
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